Plasmodium knowlesi malaria in Vietnam: some clarifications

• Main Authors: Van den Eede, P., Vythilingam, I., Ngo, D.T., Nguyen, V.H., Le, X.H., D'Alessandro, U., Erhart, A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/4180/1/plasmodium_knowlesi_malaria_in_Vietnam__some_clarification.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/4180/; http://en.scientificcommons.org/54490329
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

A recently published comment on a report of Plasmodium knowlesi infections in Vietnam states that this may not accurately represent the situation in the study area because the PCR primers used may cross-hybridize with Plasmodium vivax. Nevertheless, P. knowlesi infections have been confirmed by se...